Competition is the lifeblood of a capitalist economy, giving consumers greater freedom of choice and forcing businesses to offer the best products at the lowest prices. But by trying to force greater competition in the high-speed internet market, Ottawa is reducing the incentive for companies to build out and improve the telecommunications networks that now power our entire economy and virtually every aspect of our daily lives.

Picture this: You slave away at your job for years, trying to save up enough money to realize your dream of starting your own burger joint. You reinvest your profits and eventually your business grows into a chain of restaurants, some of which serve areas that don’t even have a McDonald’s.

Then, the government comes in and says that, in order to increase competiti

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